Hanken, James 1975 Mexico trip: Gomez Farias 3 May 0830 bus leaving from a spring on top of the mountain (cont'd) to the town below. The water soaked underground within 20' of the break. There seems to be a definite paucity of herps active in this area at this time of year. Only a few Sceloporus virgatus were found, mostly on exposed rock outcrops along the road thru the thorn forest. Sam collected one Ameiva sp. and one Anolis sp. on the flats generally along the road thru grass & scrub, and I collected no Hemidactylus frenatus in ant trees exposed brush leg our campsite. One Lampropeltis triangulum was found in the middle of the road in the area where thorn forest grades into tropical deciduous gill does a striking resemblance to coral snakes with alternating rings of red, black, & cream; it was collected gingerly. In addition, eight Chiropterotriton sp were found inside bromeliads in the dry forest in the area at the top of our ascent In comparison with the surrounding forest, the bromeliads were surprisingly wet, some with moist interiors, others with interiors containing actually soaking wet. One of them was very ten bromeliad